Eighteenth-Century Vitalism [electronic resource] : Bodies, Culture, Politics /
Packham, C.author.
This book offers an important account of the relationship between science and culture in the eighteenth century. It examines the 'vitalist' turn in physiology and natural philosophy, and its presence and effect in the burgeoning of philosophical and scientific inquiry of the Scottish Enlightenment, and the radical politics and culture of the 1790s.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Writing the body in the Scottish enlightenment -- pt. 2. Enlightenment in the 1790s : the Scottish legacy -- pt. 3. Vitalism, animation, culture.
This book offers an important account of the relationship between science and culture in the eighteenth century. It examines the 'vitalist' turn in physiology and natural philosophy, and its presence and effect in the burgeoning of philosophical and scientific inquiry of the Scottish Enlightenment, and the radical politics and culture of the 1790s.
Literature, Modern.
Literature—Philosophy.
British literature.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Literary Theory.
British and Irish Literature.
Cultural Theory.